tooth and nail

短语

激烈地, 竭尽全力地

别名

with tooth and nail

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    Viciously; with all one's strength or power; without holding back.

    比喻

    For a century, the two families fought tooth and nail over control of the land.

    I shall fight tooth and nail for international copyright and stage-right, […] .

    Jeremy DeLongpre: Yeah, about that Tony nomination. Richard DeLongpre: Yeah, apparently they don't nominate plays that are staged in our living room. Not over, fighting 'em tooth and nail on it.

词源

From the Middle English phrase (with) nayles and teþ (“viciously, ferociously”, literally “(with) nails and teeth”).

来源：wiktionary